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The Importance Of Parental Expectations To Success

Parents can easily become frustrated when they feel that their children aren't successful in school. Educators understand that frustration. Teachers sometimes feel it, too. Yet, rather than just assume a child could do better, we know it's best to seek out, by all means possible, exactly what each child is capable of doing.

We know that children can live up or down to adults' expectations. If we say to a child, "I know that you can't possibly do better," we are telling him or her to give up. On the other hand, if we set unrealistic goals for a child and he or she tries hard, yet fails, we can do some real damage to that child…

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